Mega Man & Bass/Items & parts

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Seven parts were introduced in Mega Man 8, seven more were introduced earlier. Moreover, there are eleven new parts.

The S column specifies how many Stages must be cleared in order to unlock some items.

S	Icon	Name	Hero	Cost	Type	Effect
0		Spare body	Anyone	50	Consumable	Life: classic extra lives.
0		Energy balancer (GBA: E. balance)	Anyone	120	Permanent	Weapons: weapon capsules will be collected even if no weapon is equipped.
0		Exit unit	Anyone	50	Permanent	Exit: allows to exit from a stage already cleared.
0		Spike guard (GBA: S. guard)	Anyone	10	Consumable	Defense/energy: protects from deadly spikes, but it is used up and has to be purchased again.
0		Transceiver (GBA: Com. system)	Anyone	100	Permanent	Roll: allows to get 4 information lines and 1 flavor text about each Robot Master stage.
0		Item presenter (GBA: I. present)	Anyone	60	Consumable	Defense/energy: surprise boxes will be scattered in the next stage (similar to an item from Mega Man 8); especially useful for Bass.
3		Enemy analyzer (GBA: E. analyze)	Anyone	50	Permanent	Roll: gives one hint about each Robot Master.
3		Counter-attacker (GBA: C. attack)	Anyone	200	Selectable	Weapons: when the character's energy is very low, attack power doubles.
3		Super recover (GBA: S. recover)	Anyone	200	Selectable	Defense/energy: doubles the effect of energy capsules and weapon capsules (same as an item from Mega Man 8).
6		Energy saver (GBA: E. saver)	Anyone	200	Selectable	Weapons: weapons energy requirement is halved.
6		Damage absorber (GBA: D. absorb)	Anyone	300	Selectable	Weapons: whenever the character gets hit, some weapon energy is restored (similar to an item from Mega Man 8).
6		Super armor (GBA: S. armor)	Anyone	300	Selectable	Defense/energy: suffered damage is halved (similar to an item from Mega Man 8).
6		Compact-Disc counter (GBA: CD counter)	Anyone	100	Permanent	Roll: informs about how many Compact-Discs are left in each stage.
Mega Man's parts
3		Auto charger (GBA: A. charger)	Megaman	50	Selectable	Weapons: automatically charges the Mega Buster.
3		Eddie	Megaman	150	Gauge	Defense/energy: brings various capsules to Mega Man.
3		Rush search (GBA: R. Search)	Megaman	100	Gauge	Rush: necessary to get 39 Compact-Discs in the game.
6		High speed charge (GBA: H. S. C.)	Megaman	150	Permanent	Weapons: allows to charge the Mega Buster very quickly (same as an item from Mega Man 8).
6		Compact-Disc finder (GBA: CD finder)	Megaman	300	Permanent	Rush: upgrade for Rush Search; it allows to see where 39 Compact-Discs are buried.
6		Beat	Megaman	300	Gauge	Defense/energy: Mega Man is invincible as long as the shield lasts.
6		Auto recover (GBA: A. recover)	Megaman	450	Selectable	Defense/energy: when Mega Man stands still, life energy is slowly refilled.
Bass' parts
3		High speed dash (GBA: H. S. D.)	Bass	100	Permanent	Agility: extends the length of Bass' dash and the height of Bass' dash-jump (same as an item from Mega Man 8).
3		Step booster (GBA: S. booster)	Bass	100	Permanent	Agility: allows Bass to climb ladders faster (same as an item from Mega Man 8)
3		Treble boost (GBA: T. boost)	Bass	200	Gauge	Agility: allows Bass to fly around (similar to the early Rush Jet from Mega Man 3).
6		Stronger buster (GBA: S. buster)	Bass	300	Selectable	Weapons: doubles the damage dealt by the Bass Buster.
6		Hyper buster (GBA: H. buster)	Bass	300	Selectable	Weapons: allows the Bass Buster to shoot through walls ("hyper" and "super" are the Greek and Latin spelling, respectively, of the same word).

Character-specific parts

Each character has two parts specific for his basic buster. Then, Mega Man has three parts that improve his defense and life energy, while Bass has three parts that improve his agility. Finally, Mega Man only has two parts specific to collect compact-discs.

Part type	Mega Man	Bass
Buster parts	Auto charger High speed charge	Stronger buster Hyper buster
Support parts	Eddie Beat Auto recover	High speed dash Step booster Treble boost
Database parts	Rush Search Compact-Disc finder	-